>From the book "The History of Clinton County Iowa" by L. P. Allen (1879) PAT CLARKE, farmer, Sec. 21; P. O. Elvira; owns 310 acres of land; he was born in County Mayo, Ireland, April 29, 1803, where he was educated; in 1864, he emigrated to this country and located in Clinton County, Iowa, where he has lived ever since. He married his first wife, Margaret Rooney, in Ireland, in 1820, and had six children, one only now living-Mary, wife of James Dolan, of Clinton County. His second wife, Mary Dolan, he married in Ireland in 1839, and had ten children, eight now living-Margaret, Ellen, Bridget, Ann, Patrick, Mike, John and Jim all members of the Roman Catholic Church. He has always been a stanch Democrat. He first commenced life by dealing in stock in Ireland, and, having some success, he came to this country and invested his money in lands and located as a farmer in Clinton County, on the property mentioned above. Cathy Joynt Labath The Irish in Iowa http://www.celticcousins.net/irishiniowa/